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Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.

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  1. superl. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
  2. superl. Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.
  3. v. t. To scatter; to disperse.
  4. adj. not dense
  5. 1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population. Carlyle. 2. (Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] Spenser.
  6. Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied tobranches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.